CVE-2026-42040: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Axios is a promise based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. Prior to 1.15.1 and 0.31.1, the encode function in lib/helpers/AxiosURLSearchParams.js contains a character mapping charMap at line 21 that reverses the safe percent-encoding of null bytes. After encodeURIComponent'\x00' correctly...